单词 | schoolgirlhood |
释义 | schoolgirlhoodn. The state or condition of being a schoolgirl. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > schoolgirl > condition of schoolgirlhood1859 1859 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 29 Oct. 248/2 Miss Garland,..hardly out of the bounds of school girlhood, seems to us a very promising vocalist. 1875 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 2 Dec. 2/4 She will make for herself a complete outfit against the day when she emerges from school-girlhood in[to] young ladyism. 1883 S. Doudney Nelly Channell xi. 134 This part of her life was like an isthmus, connecting the two continents of schoolgirlhood and womanhood. 1917 Bookman Apr. 208/2 A romance of girlhood, of schoolgirlhood even, which quite escapes silliness. 1984 A. Oakley Taking it like Woman (1985) 19 My own energies did not turn overtly to politics until I liberated myself from the constraints of schoolgirlhood. 2000 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 18 Sept. Get a small group of mature women together who have been friends since girlhood and they can suddenly transform back into giggling schoolgirlhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859 |
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